Drepanopeziza populi (Lib.) Rossman & W.C. Allen
(Poplar Leaf and Shoot Blights - causative organism)

Interactions where Drepanopeziza populi is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season
Marssonina coelomycetous anamorph		acervulus of Marssonina coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live leaf			Populus nigra	Black-poplar	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Drepanopeziza populi/	Drepanopeziza populi	poplar leaf and shoot blights (causative organism)			acervulus	Marssonina coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra/	Populus nigra	black-poplar		live	leaf
Marssonina coelomycetous anamorph		acervulus of Marssonina coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			Populus nigra ’Italica’	Lombardy-poplar, Female Lombardy Poplar	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Drepanopeziza populi/	Drepanopeziza populi	poplar leaf and shoot blights (causative organism)			acervulus	Marssonina coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra 'Italica'/	Populus nigra 'Italica'	Lombardy-poplar, female Lombardy poplar		live	leaf		Major		(late summer)
apothecium		apothecium is saprobic on dead, fallen, rotting leaf			[Populus hybrids]	hybrid poplars	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Drepanopeziza populi/	Drepanopeziza populi	poplar leaf and shoot blights (causative organism)				apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus hybrids/	Populus hybrids	hybrid poplars		dead, fallen, rotting	leaf
Marssonina coelomycetous anamorph		acervulus of Marssonina coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf			[Populus hybrids]	hybrid poplars	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Drepanopeziza populi/	Drepanopeziza populi	poplar leaf and shoot blights (causative organism)			acervulus	Marssonina coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus hybrids/	Populus hybrids	hybrid poplars		live	leaf				(late summer)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Drepanopeziza populi (Poplar Leaf and Shoot Blights - causative organism) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Drepanopeziza populi (Poplar Leaf and Shoot Blights - causative organism) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Drepanopeziza populi (Poplar Leaf and Shoot Blights - causative organism)
Genus	Drepanopeziza (a genus of discomycetes)
Family	DERMATEACEAE (a family of discomycetes)
Order	HELOTIALES (an order of discomycetes and lichens)
Subclass	LEOTIOMYCETIDAE (powdery mildews)
Class	LEOTIOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Drepanopeziza populi is also a member of:
Discomycetes - discomycete fungi (via Helotiales)
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Ascomycota)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Drepanopeziza populi (Poplar Leaf and Shoot Blights - causative organism)

Drepanopeziza populi (Poplar Leaf and Shoot Blights - causative organism) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

DERMATEACEAE
(a family of discomycetes)

HELOTIALES
(an order of discomycetes and lichens)

LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(powdery mildews)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Discomycetes
(discomycete fungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Drepanopeziza populi (Poplar Leaf and Shoot Blights - causative organism):

DERMATEACEAE
(a family of discomycetes)

HELOTIALES
(an order of discomycetes and lichens)

LEOTIOMYCETIDAE
(powdery mildews)

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Discomycetes
(discomycete fungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

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